George BM

Leaf-out progress in my neighborhood appears to be where it was at the end of April/beginning of May 2020.

IAD tying the record of 87F so far.

Yeah. IAD with a causal 31F jump to 78F in 3 1/2 hours.

Don't roll your eyes at me TOO hard mattie g. Preserve your sight.

Wow. IAD was at 47F. Cold spots are going to experience quite the temperature leap this morning. Could potentially be a 40+F spread at IAD today.

What you're seeing is low-topped convection under 10,000ft blowing from east to west in the easterly winds w/ precip in the higher levels of the atmosphere being blown from west to east in the mid/upper level westerlies. There is precip at many levels of the atmosphere because the surface to the upper-levels are moist enough to support it. That's a rough explaination of what's going on. Someone else can probably explain it in better detail than me.

Let the April traces commence!

Severe Thunderstorm warning for the N VA/ DC storm.

Just had a nice gusty downpour here in Herndon. Little/no lightning.

Severe thunderstorm Watch coming out east of the Blue Ridge. My NOAA weather radio alerted me before Yoda.

Indeed. Also, the violent tornado on June 25, 2023 was the first in the immediate region since La Plata.

IAD up to 88F now.

Aaaaaaaaaaand it's broken at 87F.

IAD has tied todays record of 86F.

Those dastardly grass-measuring slant sticking rookies.

Amazing! Note: I'm assuming you're using a different criteria for comparing your max gusts with the airports as I know you know IAD gusted up to 68mph on 4/01/2023 with a 71mph gust on 3/02/2018? DCA gusting up to 62mph 3/02/2018.

Yikes. Luckily for me it was only a 15-20 foot section of fence lost. The strength of the wind gusts tonight probably tied March 2018 intensity-wise... legit.

Was in the kitchen cooking dinner listening to the vicious winds outside when I felt a small vibration in the ground accompanied by a thud like something had fallen. I went into my back and sure enough part of the fence has fallen.

IAD with a 52kt(60mph) gust.

With a debris ball.

There's definitely a tornado on the ground with that.

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0428.html

Am I the only one who's, perhaps irrationally, mildly annoyed that the February 1st event ruined our chance at a total 0" shutout year at the local airports? Also... That feeling when your low-end troll forecast ends up too high at the three local airports.

Looks like April will be the month coming in like a lion this year. Happy Pollen Sufferers Awareness Month to those who celebrate!

George BM: We’re gonna get SHELLACKED by wind! I can’t wait to get outside and shovel feet and feet of wind. All my neighbors will be cowering in their houses while I’ll be outside climbing tall trees and getting a free rollercoaster ride without waiting in all d’em lines or spending me money! And then… I’ll become one of only a handful of humans to take flight with no assistance from jetpacks, waterjets or any of that mumbo jumbo! Peeps brave enough to be outside across the region will wonder what kind of huge bird that is flying over them. But it’s just gonna be ME looking as elagant as an A400M! Everywhere they look it’s me! Then once I’ve mastered flying I’ll land and go from downed tree to downed tree yeeting them into woodchippers across the region bulking up my muscles as I go. By the time that’s all said and done I’ll be the strongest human in the galaxy! Alpha: BIG cringe. George BM: @Alpha Just shut up and enjoy the wind! GeorgeX: Na, I'm with alpha. You're trying too hard. George BM: Y'all the point is that it's going to be very windy. That's it and nothing more. Leave me alone.